Athletics at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Stadio Olimpico |
Dates | August 31–September 8 |
Competitors | 1,016 from 73 nations |
Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, 34 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 10 by women. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 73 countries.
Medal summary
[edit]Men
[edit]Women
[edit]Medal table
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/3000_m_steeplechase_1960_Olympics.jpg/400px-3000_m_steeplechase_1960_Olympics.jpg)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 12 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
2 | ![]() | 11 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
19 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 entries) | 34 | 35 | 33 | 102 |
Records broken
[edit]During the 1960 Summer Olympic Games, 28 new Olympic records and 4 new world records were set in the athletics events.
Men's Olympic and world records
[edit]Women's Olympic and world records
[edit]Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result | OR | WR |
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100 metres | September 2 | Semi-Final | Wilma Rudolph | ![]() |
11.3 s | OR | |
200 metres | September 3 | First Round | Wilma Rudolph | ![]() |
23.2 s | OR | |
800 metres | September 7 | Final | Lyudmila Shevtsova | ![]() |
2:04.03 | OR | |
80 metre hurdles | August 31 | Semi-Final | Irina Press | ![]() |
10.6 s | OR | |
4x100 metre relay | September 7 | First Round | Martha Hudson Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones Wilma Rudolph |
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44.4 s | OR | WR |
High jump | September 8 | Final | Iolanda Balaş | ![]() |
1.85 m | OR | |
Long jump | August 31 | Final | Vera Krepkina | ![]() |
6.37 m | OR | |
Discus throw | September 5 | Final | Nina Romashkova | ![]() |
55.10 m | OR | |
Shot put | September 2 | Final | Tamara Press | ![]() |
17.32 m | OR | |
Javelin throw | September 1 | Final | Elvīra Ozoliņa | ![]() |
55.98 m | OR |